No, nothing like minecraft. Yes, you can build things and gather resources, but this is a simulation game. You embark to a location and build a fortress starting with just a few dwarves and what you bring in your cart. There is a shitload of micromanaging in it and it's one of the most detailed simulator games ever. It doesn't work very well, though, because the developer didn't implement multi-threading. That's apparently being fixed with the 64-bit version.